mermaids?

in ghana i would be hard pressed to find someone who doesn't believe in God. there are no atheists here. everyone believes in God. now which god do they believe in? that is another question. i come from a country where everything can be explained by science. if it can't be explained then somehow, that can be explained too :)but in ghana, it is by god's will. it is god's direction, god's grace, god's choice for things to happen. it makes it easy to have a conversation about God. the door is always open. things don't always have to be explained.i was in a conversation with several people and it came out that they believe in marine spirits. marine spirits you ask? like mermaids. i was floored! i said there is no way. it is only make believe. they don't exist. my friends asked me if i believe in evil spirits and i said yes. so they said then why can't evil spirits be marine spirits? why can't marine spirits exist?both sides have very deep cultural ideas about this. both of us were trying very hard to convince the other side they were crazy. we came to a balanced middle agreement. both of us see where the other side is coming from.i thank God i can hear what other's believe. i love being in a place that is so different to where i grew up. i love the people here.'dis be ghana!